Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

Happy New Year and MDRs

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…migration in mass is occurring to the ISO 13485:2016 platform; EU 2017/745 (EU Medical Device Regulation) is now the law of many lands in the European Union; the final stages…

…migration in mass is occurring to the ISO 13485:2016 platform; EU 2017/745 (EU Medical Device Regulation) is now the law of many lands in the European Union; the final stages…

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Lack of Adequate CAPA Procedures Tops FDA’s List of Violations

By MedTech Intelligence Staff

…documented: 115 Nonconforming product; procedures not adequately established: 127 Lack of written MDR procedures: 127 Lack of or inadequate process validation: 137 Lack of or inadequate procedures involving purchasing controls:…

…documented: 115 Nonconforming product; procedures not adequately established: 127 Lack of written MDR procedures: 127 Lack of or inadequate process validation: 137 Lack of or inadequate procedures involving purchasing controls:…

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The Ultimate QA/RA Cheat Sheet

By Thomas Maeder

…reporters such as healthcare professionals, patients and consumers MDR Database – Medical Device Reporting (MDR) is one of the postmarket surveillance tools the FDA uses to monitor device performance, detect…

…reporters such as healthcare professionals, patients and consumers MDR Database – Medical Device Reporting (MDR) is one of the postmarket surveillance tools the FDA uses to monitor device performance, detect…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

No MDR Procedure: There is No Time Like the Present!

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…should also adjust its MDR procedure accordingly to include a process for submitting MDRs electronically in accordance with the Final Rule for electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) published in the…

…should also adjust its MDR procedure accordingly to include a process for submitting MDRs electronically in accordance with the Final Rule for electronic Medical Device Reporting (eMDR) published in the…

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Peter Rose, Maetrics
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A Smooth Route to the New Medical Device Regulation

By Peter Rose

…innovation”, the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) was finally published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 5, 2017. This new regulation replaces both the previous…

…innovation”, the new European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) was finally published in the Official Journal of the European Union on May 5, 2017. This new regulation replaces both the previous…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

eMDR’s: No Procedure, Big Problem

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…seen a patient file an MDR. As most of the readers already know, the migration to the eMDR platform occurred in August 2015 (August 14, 2015, to be exact). Granted,…

…seen a patient file an MDR. As most of the readers already know, the migration to the eMDR platform occurred in August 2015 (August 14, 2015, to be exact). Granted,…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

Customer Complaints: 1,385 and Counting!

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…be pursued Records associated with each complaint shall be retained Complaints shall be reported as a medical device report (MDR) in accordance with Part 803, when an adverse event deemed…

…be pursued Records associated with each complaint shall be retained Complaints shall be reported as a medical device report (MDR) in accordance with Part 803, when an adverse event deemed…

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Barcode, UDI

Barcoding in the NHS and the run-up to UDI

By Peter Rose

…to bring the NHS in line with expected changes in the EU regulatory framework. In fact, as the new Medical Device Regulations (MDR) rolls out across Europe, Unique Device Identification…

…to bring the NHS in line with expected changes in the EU regulatory framework. In fact, as the new Medical Device Regulations (MDR) rolls out across Europe, Unique Device Identification…

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Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine, President, Devine Guidance International
Devine Guidance

Training, Training, and More Training

By Dr. Christopher Joseph Devine

…Part 803 requirements (sounds like all of Part 803 – no MDR procedures) and the decision to move to a warning letter was pretty easy to make by the FDA….

…Part 803 requirements (sounds like all of Part 803 – no MDR procedures) and the decision to move to a warning letter was pretty easy to make by the FDA….

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